Can you spot why the CMS will not save this content?:

• Class Teachers: Miss Harrison
• Teaching Assistants: Mrs Sams, Mrs Griffiths and Mrs Rene
• PTFA Class Representatives: Mrs Taylor and Mrs Clarke

Important Information

Please make sure your child has a named PE kit, water bottle, reading book and message book in school every day. Year 2 have PE on a Monday and Wednesday.

Spellings will be placed in children's message books and our spelling tests are on Friday mornings. We will be sending spelling books home on Friday. Please could these be returned to school on Monday morning.

We will be learning our 10 times tables this half term. Please practise these at home too.

Year 2 will go the library on Fridays, please ensure library books are in book bags every Friday to enable your child to choose a new one.

This half term our topic is...

History

What was the space race?

Click on the link to find out more.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z7chrmn#zn68tcw

Click on the link to find out more.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/av/41491704

What two countries were in the space race?

Who was the first person to walk on the moon?

Can you name the three astronauts?

Key vocabulary

In Science we are going to be learning about...

Living things - Habitats

Click on the link to find out more! https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zx882hv/articles/znjxb7h

What is a habitat?

What four things to all animals need to survive?

Can you remember a fascinating fact?

Click on the link to take the quiz. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zx882hv/articles/znjxb7h

Key vocabulary.

Phase 5 pronunciation

In this video you can hear the pronunciation of the phase 5 sounds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BwWD2ZlvBY

Please practise your pre-cursive letters.

We will begin pre-cursive handwriting using Letter-Join in the first half of the Spring Term. Further details and information about how you can support your child at home will be sent out closer to the time.

Our class author is...

Oliver Jeffers!

Click on the picture of him to see his website.

Did you know that Oliver Jeffers is also an illustrator?

Have you read any of his books?

What is your favourite book?